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And it happened twice at roughly the same time of day, 1 am British time. I wonder if that's a coincidence.

I got 85 slayer three weeks ago and decided to go on slaying... I'm at 86 now, but I don't believe for a second that I, or most of the people stuck at 85 at the moment, will be able to jump to 90 before the end of the month. We're talking serious no-lifing to do that... I still have to go almost 1.6 mill experience. It took me 5 months of a task a day to get the same amount of xp on my way to 85 slayer, so go figure. I will make the jump to 90 slayer and beyond though. In my own time... We don't even know if the dark bow will be worth it, and from what I've heard from the dark beasts, they aren't exactly fun and games either. My thoughts on the bow: I'm not gonna hype so I won't get disappointed.

I myself would never accept to be a moderator. It's a smart (not to mention cheap) move from Jagex' part to involve the community in policing the RS streets in exchange for social status - an important aspect of a game revolving around a community. But I'm more of a loner in the game, so I'm not really impressed by the community aspect of being a mod. I play the game for my amusement and relaxation, not to be the unpaid minder of a bunch of kids. It's not just the amount of attention, it's being friendly and answering all kinds of questions all of the time that I would grow very tired of. I like helping players from time to time, not all of the time. The trouble with many mods is that they get starry-eyed by the crown, without thinking through the responsability when they get asked. Obviously there are also the power-hungry mods, but that doesn't make the system bad. So, I'd say: player mods are good for the game. Whether RS is good for the player with mod status... I doubt it.

That's gross. I don't collect anything really. I do have a few shoeboxes filled with birthday cards, pictures, admission tickets from holidays and all sorts of other random memorabilia. I don't so much collect the stuff, I just have trouble throwing it away :D

Aww man, I had just reached all of my goals (short of one level I'm getting tonight) and was planning on not planning any more goals in the near future... But I don't think I'll be able to resist trying to get from 86 to 90 slayer asap. The planned updates sound great! I'm really looking forward to the bits and pieces.

Urgh. I dearly love the books and the characters and I can just manage the films, but a themepark? Way to kill the imagination. I prefer the world of HP where it is now: in print and in my head. I guess it could be nice for children, but it simply reeks of big cash. I had hoped JK Rowling would be more protective of her ideas and less impressed by the paycheck. To compare: Tolkien would never have borne the idea of a Middle Earth themepark and I don't quite see his progeny going for it either (they just publish every single word the man has ever written, but hey).

Sony's ad with the bouncy balls: And this great parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHzS_twDVY

Hmm, I'm with Rebdragon on this one. Being naked is something that is reserved for certain situations and within private areas. I don't even feel comfortable being naked in a public sauna. I notice that I'm just checking people out, or I look away all of the time to make sure I don't check people out. And I see others do the same. Our society is so very focused on looks and beauty, that we're either grading people subconsciously all of the time or being graded by them. And, pulling nudity completely into the attraction and sexual area, I really like the idea of mystery. The showing of an ankle was considered very sexy in the victorian age. Nudity belongs to the private area of myself and possibly my lover, simple as that. Suggesting something can do so much more than saying it out loud. I don't really mind other people thinking and acting differently, but preferably not in a too close radius to me. Nudity generates uncomfortable situations. And it's cold. Let's not forget about that one.

No goals. I'm one level away from my 1900-total goal. After I get it, I've had it for a while with RS goals. Summer goals: read, spend lots of time outside and explore my cooking abilities a bit further, enjoy my vacation on the whole, waste away the time in a pleasant, non-computer way. I'll be dropping like mad in the high-scores, but that's just typical during holidays I guess.

Same here. You want government out of your personal life, at least to some degree. But you want more government in your economic life. Politically, you appear to be a solid Democrat, though you might also find the Green Party appealing.

Pro: canifis teleport, gilded altar, yanille teleport (by putting house in yanille), costume room (thank you for saving my bank space!). Con: not so much the cost as the sheer tediousness of leveling if you try to cut your losses (i.e own planking, no butler). Cut oaks, plank oaks, bank, repeat. Go to house, build flatpacks/tear down & build (repeat), run to bank, repeat. There's just no fun in that.

I'm guessing you are American? I understand your fear of being manipulated by your politicians. But I think and hope things are the other way around. The amount of pollution and our way of living really are things to be concerned about. In my country it's the NGO's that have been and keep lobbying like mad to get political support and put the issue on the political agenda. Simply because we need politics to be able to change things on a wide scale. It's only now that I understand why so many Americans resist the theory of Global Warming: it has become too tainted with politics. On the one hand, I'm glad that Gore put the problem in the public eye, on the other hand it's quite a pity that it has become linked in a bad way with politics, manipulation and left-wing beliefs, when it should be the general concern of every civilian and politician alike. Inevitable, I guess, but harmful. It works the other way around as well. George Bush has made a capital error by not ratifying the Kyoto-protocol. In addition, it's not about living like total primitives. It's about making a difference by making a general national and international effort to change the way we live in easy ways (double glass in the windows, alternative ways of generating electricity, taking effort to recycle more, try to use green energy...). It's nothing more than a way of thinking and adjusting a bit. It most certainly doesn't mean not using your computer or reading by candlelight.

No, no, no, no, no, no. No. The day that I do, I'll know it's time to quit.

Oooh Sleuth is in there!!! Wonderful film! See it! Or read the play! I 'score' about 100 on 250. Oh well :-)

"Where are you going?" when I'm moving in the general direction of the door. "Who are you going out with?" when I say I'm going out. Unbelievable as it is, I don't get this question from mother or jealous lover or anything, but from my roommate. It's driving me gaga.

Yes, but he had accomplished everything in the game... I shudder to think how many hours I have played RS and what other things I could have done with my time. The trouble is, I set goals, and they just keep getting more difficult to get. If a year ago, someone had told me I'd be hitting 1900 total, I'd have said they were crazy. That I'd never spend such an insane amount of time on the game. Yet, I am now only 7 levels short of the total. Evil, evil game. However, I don't really have much trouble staying away from it for days, sometimes weeks. It's just that I keep coming back when I have the spare time.

If only everyone was like you. :D :P ...We'd all be boring :P It's true though, if we all loved with no confrontation etc. how mundane would things get? Kinda agree. The person I hate most at the moment, is also the person I love most. Other than that, I hold a strong grudge against a mean catholic nun from my primary school, who meddled into my family's business only to spread it around town in evil gossip. Even worse, when a close member of my family died, she actually came to gloat about it (under a thinly veiled cover of sympathy) and told us it was really for the best that he was dead. My mother threw her out. She was kinder than I would have been. I loathe that woman.

It's alright. We all know what you mean, doll. I guess I kinda had that one coming...

In accordance with my plea to change the way we live on the thread "global warming": I don't have a car, don't plan on owning one any time soon either. I go to work by bike. When I have appointments further away, I take public transport or a ride with a colleague.

Farming is fine and I agree with most that sjefderat said. The skill goes hand in hand with slayer and herblore. 85 slayer got me 82 herblore and 88 farming. I never ever run out of seeds, really, with all the aberrant, dagannoth, nechryael, cave horror and troll tasks. Even the lowliest slayer creatures drop seeds and herbs like mad. At a decent thieving level, you'll find that thieving from the master farmer can gather you some good seeds in little time as well. He's unpopular because everybody trains on him at their still pathetic thieving levels. But once you hit high thieving, you'll rake in the seeds... And then there is manage thy kingdom, of course, a great source of cheap to free tree seeds. The only thing that really needs changing are the failing rates. At very high farming, even the lowliest of herbs/plants can die on you. It's pathetic that a 93 farmer sees most of his limps die on him or that a 88 farmer can't plant a marrentill without certainty of success. Cooking has "no burn" levels, farming should have "no die" levels.

Spiderman 3 - Why oh why did I waste ÃÆââââ¬Ã¡Ãâì 8 on this bad, bad sequel? I bet I won't even remember half a scene within a few months. Quite frankly, I fear for the quality of most "nr 3" sequels coming our way this summer...

All kinds of derogatory words used for females. I'm sure I don't have to explain further on that one... Or condescending words used for females. I really hate it when people you don't know call you "honey" or "darling" or stuff like that. Ugh. (Although, I have to admit, I do it myself sometimes to annoy the hell out of people.) The worst has to be the Flemish "juffrouwke" or "madammeke"- they translate roughly into "little missus". Typically, older men will use it to talk down to you in fake politeness.

I believe it really just depends. There are 12-year-olds out there who think more thoroughly about things than a 35-year-old. It's just that vice versa seems to happen more often... Life experience could be a measure indeed, but don't assume 12-year-olds can't have quite a bit of that. I know a girl of 12 whose father died a year ago. In her short life, she has seen her parents divorce, her father get ill and die. She's very clever, she thinks a lot about life and she's quite a bit more mature than many 16-year-olds who only worry about getting dates and consuming alcohol. Young teenagers can still focus on the world outside them. Hormonal teenagers have a way of looking at the world only from their own perspectives. And adults can be so jaded. They have a way of thinking they know it all anyway. Of course, these are all just generalisations, it all just depends on your character I guess...

Never watched it. I have to admit I expected something completely different from the topic title... thought it was going to be a soppy thread about lost lovers :)

I've said it before, but then again, repeating yourself seems to be popular in this kind of thread anyway, so I'll say it again :lol:. For heaven's sakes, wake up! We're running out of oil, we're wasting loads of energy, we're polluting and draining the earth we live on. It's very charming to whine about the scientific truth of global warming, but don't be fooled, it's putting your head in the sand. We just can't sustain the way we live anymore. Too bad. Now's the time to look for solutions and change things, not arguing over things that -quite frankly- are above our heads anyway (unless there are qualified climate experts on this board, which I highly doubt).